BOO RADLEY'S HIT TOPS HAPPY LIST Oct 11, 2005
THE BOO RADLEYS' 1995 summer anthem WAKE UP BOO has topped a new list of uplifting tunes. Psychologist DR TOMAS CHAMORRO-PREMUZIC (corr) claims he has discovered the perfect blend of lyrics, pitch and tonality in tunes that make people smile - and there's no better example than in the Boo Radleys' biggest hit. (ContactMusic.com)
10 years onHow does the new War Child album compare with the first? Sep 10, 2005
Oasis and Friends - Fade Away The Boo Radleys - Oh Brother The Stone Roses - Love Spreads Radiohead - Lucky Orbital - Adnan Portishead - Mourning Air Massive Attack - Fake the Aroma Suede - Shipbuilding The Charlatans - Time for Livin' Stereo MC's - Sweetest Truth Sinead O'Connor - Ode to Billy Joe The Levellers - Searchlights Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Terrorvision - Tom Petty Loves Veruca Salt The One World Orchestra - The Magnificent Planet 4 Folk Quartet -... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'I survived Britpop'The Boo Radleys' Martin Carr looks back on 90s success Aug 19, 2005
In the weeks before the Blur vs Oasis chart battle, one song seemed to be drifting out of every speaker in the land - the Boo Radleys' Wake Up Boo ... the band - led by singer Sice and featuring guitarist Martin Carr, bassist Timothy Brown and drummer Rob Cieka - the Boo Radleys found themselves, unwillingly as it turned out, at the epicentre of Britpop ... " The Boo Radleys had already released three albums before Wake Up Boo - Ichabod and I, Everything's Alright Forever and 1993's Giant Steps,... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Tom Russell finds inspiration in Bukowski Aug 4, 2005
He was, as Tom Russell's new song Requiem puts it, "a post-office worker, crank, outsider, drunk, madman, American and a poet, [an] authentic voice in a wasted land.'' He was a legendary alcoholic and misogynist, the thinly veiled protagonist of the 1987 film, Barfly. He was, as the 2003 documentary Bukowski: Born Into This explained, one of the few modern poets to support himself on book sales. Bukowski was also an inspiration to a whole generation of musicians. Tom Waits, whose early skid-row... (Houston Chronicle)
Barry Manilow still keyed up Nov 29, 2004
Guitarist Martin Carr of the Boo Radleys is 36. Actress Gena Lee Nolin is 33. (Northwest Indiana Times )
Awesomely Bad Videos May 7, 2004
We see very early Red Hot Chili Peppers jumping around on a dirt pile; Social Distortion shooting pool and smoking ("What makes this guy so tough? He's wearing eyeliner!"); and the Boo Radleys exemplifying bad fashion ("Whose idea were the floppy hat and velvet overalls?"). The tape cut out, and with it our supply of vintage 120 Minutes episodes--until I dug up about eight lost tapes, jam-packed with good bands miming great songs in completely awful videos that I'd faithfully recorded long ago... (Metroactive)
